L’Atlas invites

Nao Masaki (Nagoya)Press packMay 2024
4, cour de l’Île Louviers
75004 Paris
Free entrance from Tuesday
to Saturday, 12 to 7 pm
and by appointment
www.latlasparis.com@latlasgalerie
info@latlasparis.com
01 43 31 91 84

For the exhibition

ALIVE : GUTAI, Postwar avantgarde art movement and modern
punk SHODO
06.06.24—20.07.24
withSadaharu Horio and Lintalow Hashiguchi
Opening Thursday June 6 from 6 to 9pm

36°0’N / 138°0’W

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Nao Masaki p.3
ALIVE : GUTAI, Postwar avant-garde artmovement and modern punk SHODO p.4

IIIArtists p.5

IVL’Atlas p.7

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Event p.8
Upcoming exhibition p.8

VIIThe Emerige group p.7

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Practical information& Contacts p.9

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Nao Masaki

L’Atlas is pleased to invite the Japanesegallery Nao Masaki for the exhibition
ALIVE : GUTAI, Postwar avant-garde art
movement and modern punk SHODO.
This exhibition features the works of
Sadaharu Horio, a member of the Gutai
Art Association, and Lintalow Hashiguchi,
one of the most prominent contemporary
calligraphers today.

In 2016, Horio used wall scraps from event venues toimprovise one thousand different-sized paintings in sixdays. On the other hand, Hashiguchi, influenced by punkrock and inspired by the words of modern calligrapher
Yuichi Inoue, Calligraphy is art for everyone, began his
artistic journey by abandoning expensive brushes. Instead,he uses towels and his entire body to create large-scaleworks.
Both Hashiguchi and 46 years his senior, Horio, recorded
their daily thoughts and inspirations extensively intheir journals. These two unique artists from different
generations never met, but they share many things incommon. Their artworks as traces of life continue to speak
to our hearts in modern days.

About:
Strongly aware of social disparities and gender issues,
Nao Masaki became involved in socio-political activities
at a young age, before realizing that a transformation of
the social system was only possible on the condition thatindividual sensitivities evolve.
In 2005, she inaugurated Gallery Feel Art Zero, whose
concept is to confront ourselves to art to feel the work in
its raw state, without judgment through knowledge. The
gallery was renamed Nao Masaki Gallery in 2018, a year
which also marked her first participation in national andinternational contemporary art fairs.
Today, Nao Masaki continues to question and experimentwith the essence of art as a gallery owner and artistic
director, through the organization of public artistic events.
Lately, her interest has been focused on the relationships
between art and society.
SADAHARU HORIO, Untitled / A Tale of 1000 GO 1000 Pictures, 04.09.2016, wooden panel and mix
media, 900 x 900 x 27 mm

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IIALIVE : GUTAI, Postwar avant-garde art
movement and modern punk SHODO

Since the mid-1960s, as a member of the Gutai ArtAssociation, Sadaharu Horio began to seek the meaning ofart within everyday life’s ordinary routines. His most wellknown piece, Ironuri, [Paint Placements] involves selecting
one color from acrylic paints each day and layering it onto
works hung throughout his studio, with a note of eachpiece’s start and end days. Horio’s two-dimensional OneMinute Method series entailed Horio making 30 works
within one minute each morning.
Untitled / A Tale of 1000 GO 1000 Pictures, exhibited
today, originates from his inspiration to paint pictures ofa « thousand-pieces », which he believed was possible toachieve if he used a size, a thousand « go », a Japanese
format equivilant to the size of a postcard). Based on
this idea, Horio used wall scraps from event venues toimprovise one thousand different-sized paintings with hisfriends in Nara city in 2016. The energy of the artist andhis deep contemplation on daily activities are felt fromthis work, breathing a new life into waste materials, andleaving a profound impression on the viewer. These series
were featured in the catalogue raisonné published by theSadaharu Horio Memorial Foundation in 2023.

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Lintalow Hashiguchi was born in Nagasaki in 1985, aroundthe same time when Horio began to affirm his artisticstyle. Under the influence of punk rock, Lintalow began
to create art using calligraphy, which he used to do as achild, expressing unarticulated daily emotions with uniquesymbols. Inspired by the words of modern calligrapher
Yuichi Inoue, Calligraphy is art for everyone, he began hisartistic journey by abandoning expensive brushes. Instead,he uses towels and his entire body to create large-scaleworks.
Lintalow Hashiguchi’s artworks, influenced by post-war
avant-garde, mingle with artworks by Sadaharu Horio, whocontinued his artistic work as an avant-garde activist. In
the chaos of the modern world, the presence of these twoartists leaves a profound impression on the viewer. They
are artists who do not avert their eyes from their struggles
with the purpose of seeking truth. Their art comes asa choc and an awakening to us ; it feels as if our innate
wildness is being called forth.

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Sadaharu Horio
Born in 1939 in Kobe (Japan)
Died in 2018 in Kobe

Artists
Sadaharu Horio was born in a workingclass neighborhood in Kobe, wherehe lived and worked for the rest ofhis life. He became a part of the Gutai
movement in Japan from the 1950s
to the early 1970s and continued hiswork as an artist until his death in2018.
A dare made with his art teacher
Tokumitsu Kioka sparked Horio’s
interest in art at the age of six. In 1955,Horio started working at a shipyard in
Kobe where he joined the company’s
Western-painting club. Two years
later, he met Jiro Yoshihara, leader of
the Gutai Art Association, and later
became a member of the group until
its dissolution in 1972.

Art Village, and monthly exhibitions at
a bar called Bonkura in Kobe. In 1979,
he opened the Higashimon Gallery on
the second floor of a noodle shop.
His work is characterized by a strong
connection with everyday life anda rejection of boundaries between
high and low art. Indeed, Horio usedunconventional mediums in his works
such as scrap materials collected at
the shipyard, string, pieces of wood,boxes and rocks.

His influences were multiple anddiverse. A conversation with the leaderof a religious group inspired Horio’sinterest in visualizing « air ». His own
country also had a profound influence
on Horio’s work, both in terms of
Sadaharu Horio participated in many
its artistic traditions and its culturalgroup and solo shows including
values, such as Japanese calligraphy,
the 15th Gutai Art Exhibition andharmony, balance, and Japanese
exhibitions at the Shinanobashi Gallery philosophy that values the beauty ofin Osaka, at the Kyoto Kita-Shirakawa
imperfection and impermanence.

© Courtesy of the gallery

SADAHARU HORIO, Untitled / A Tale of 1000 GO 1000 Pictures
04.10.2016
Wooden panel and mix media
900 x 913 x 30 mm

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Lintalow Hashiguchi
Born in 1985 in Nagasaki
Lives and works in Nagasaki

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In 2004, Lintalow Hashiguchi entered
Fukuoka University of Education,
where he studied traditionalcalligraphy and its aesthetics.
Influenced by the entanglement ofaggressive sounds and emotional
lyrics in punk rock, by 1960’s Butô(experimental dance), Gutai art, as
well as by avant-garde art, Hashiguchi
uses his whole body when creating hisworks, letting the words that come tomind flow onto the medium used. Heis especially inspired by Yuichi Inoue,
an avant-garde calligrapher, and his
belief that calligraphy arises fromour everyday lives, giving people theenergy to keep going.
Indeed, Hashiguchi believes that
letters and words have a soul thatradiates life, « bubbling out andvibrating in the air like a living
creature ». Using an unexpensive

LINTALOW HASHIGUCHI, SO MANY LIFE, SO MANY DEATH
2024
Oil on Japanese paper
3060 x 1600 mm© Syun Nagata

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towel as a writing tool, he writes in asingle boundless burst of speed, giving
his work an unusual presence in ourcurrent world where words are mere
symbols typed and printed or shown
on a screen. He draws inspiration fromJapan’s cultural heritage of wordplay,such as « Haiku », short poems ofthree to five lines.
In 2008, he held his first solo
exhibition at the IAF Shop in Fukuoka(that has since been held annually).
In 2015, he was selected as one ofthe members of Tensakukai, a groupexhibition paying homage to YuichiInoue. In 2018 and 2019, he was picked
as one of the artists in ART SHODOTOKYO, and won the grand prize atLUMINE meets ART AWARD 20182019. He has since participated inmany solo and group shows in Japanand abroad.

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Created and supported by Emerige, L’Atlas, galerie desmondes invites international galleries, foundations,or institutions to exhibit one or more artists fromcontemporary scenes that are underrepresented in France.
In partnership with these major stakeholders in the worldof contemporary art abroad, L’Atlas proposes an original
and innovative model : a joint curation of the 5 annual
exhibitions by Emerige’s art projects Director Paula
Aisemberg and the invited partner. These exhibitions
come with a cultural programme (conferences, meetings,VThe Emerige group

As a patron of culture and a passionate defender ofcontemporary creation year after year, Emerige supports
events in France and abroad that promote the French artscene. Through its grant “Bourse Révélations Emerige”
created in 2014, it offered the young generation of visualartists the opportunity to make a name for themselves and tojoin leading galleries. Convinced that art can change everyday
life, Emerige encourages the bringing together of culture
with all audiences, especially the youngest. It supports artistic
and cultural education programs such as « Une journée devacances à Versailles », the Collège de France Foundation, theL’ATLAS

readings, screenings, or concerts) and educational visits
or workshops aimed at a wide audience. L’Atlas allows its
partners to set up a branch in the heart of the Parisiancapital for two months, in line with the calendar of major
artistic events (fairs, biennials, etc.). L’Atlas is an open door
to the world, a showcase for the most dynamic private orpublic actors and a meeting place for artists, professionals,
and the general public« Festival d’Automne » and Gérard and Elizabeth Garouste’sassociation « La Source Garouste ». As first signatory ofthe charter « 1 immeuble, 1 oeuvre », Emerige contributes
to the rise of art in the city by installing a work in eachbuilding it builts. Nowadays, this is more than 60 works
installed and more than 100 000 residents who haveaccess to art daily.

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EventPerformance / Gathering

On the occasion of the opening of the exhibition, the artist Lintalow Hashiguchi
will create an original art work.

With Lintalow Hashiguchi

More information will be available on our website soon.

Thursday June 6th
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MeessenBrussels, Belgium
50°49’N / 4°0’W
05.09.24 — 26.10.24

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Upcoming exhibition
Meessen is a contemporary art gallery that brings a group of strong,international artists. The gallery occupies three floors in a house built in 1911,
including a «Wunderkammer», offering a particular look on the theatre of theworld. The gallery also publishes catalogues and editions in close collaboration
with the represented artists, in order to promote and distribute their work.
https://www.meessen.be/

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Contacts

AdressPractical information andContacts
Paula Aisemberg, Director of artistic projects of Emerige
Joséphine Dupuy Chavanat, Manager of artistic projects of Emerige
Juliette Martineau, Gallery Manager
jmartineau@latlasparis.com / 01 43 31 91 84
www.latlasparis.com
4, cour de l’Île Louviers, 75004 Paris
Free entrance from Tuesday to Saturday, from 12 to 7pm and by appointment

Photo : Aurélien Mole

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